英語單詞超好背 第0160期

concession

英 [k?n?se?n] 美 [k?n?se?n]

n. 讓步；特許（權(quán)）；承認(rèn)；退位

例句：

He was ready to make a concession.
他準(zhǔn)備做出讓步。

She made no concession to his age; she expected him to work as hard as she did.
她絲毫也不體諒他的年齡，要求他干得像她一樣賣力。

Finish the following?sentence?with?an?adverbial?clause?of?concession.
用讓步狀語從句完成下列句子。

inconsistent

英 [??nk?n?s?st?nt] 美 [??nk?n?s?st?nt]

adj. 不一致的；前后矛盾的

例句：

The witnesses' statements were inconsistent.
各證人的證詞相互抵觸。

The report is inconsistent with the financial statements.
這個報告與財務(wù)報表內(nèi)容不一致。

The evidence given in court was inconsistent with what he had previously told them.
他在法庭上的證詞與他當(dāng)初告訴他們的不一致。

twinkle

英 [?tw??kl] 美 [?tw??kl]

v. 閃爍；（眼睛）閃亮，閃閃發(fā)光；發(fā)亮；輕快移動

n. （眼睛的）閃亮；欣喜的神情；閃爍

例句：

At night, lights twinkle in distant cabins across the valleys.
晚上，燈光在山谷對面遠(yuǎn)處的小木屋里閃爍。

Do you know why the stars twinkle so merrily?
你知道為什么星星閃爍得那么快樂嗎？

You shine your little light and twinkle all night.
你散發(fā)出你微弱的光，整夜閃爍。

northern

英 [?n??e?n] 美 [?n??re?rn]

adj. 北部的；北方的

n. 北部方言

例句：

He had a pleasant, lilting northern accent.
他帶著悅耳的，抑揚頓挫的北方口音.

Joshua Halpern is a native Northern Californian.
喬舒亞·哈爾彭是土生土長的北加州人。

A prisoner has escaped from a jail in northern Texas.
一名囚犯已經(jīng)從北德克薩斯州的一個監(jiān)獄逃走。

glorious

英 [?ɡl??ri?s] 美 [?ɡl??ri?s]

adj. 光榮的；輝煌的；極好的

例句：

Harrison had a glorious career spanning more than six decades.
哈里森有過一段長達六十余年的輝煌的職業(yè)生涯。

The award of the Nobel Prize has crowned a glorious career in physics.
榮獲諾貝爾獎使其物理學(xué)研究的輝煌事業(yè)達到了頂點。

They had three weeks of glorious sunshine.
他們度過了三周陽光燦爛的日子。

回顧

1. concession
2. inconsistent
3. twinkle
4. northern
5. glorious